Marseilles - Marseille Museums Also for Marseille: [ main page | Areas | Fish Market | History | Museums | Parks | Sites/Tours | Shopping | Transportation ] Photos: The chapel at the "Vieille Charité" (19 k) Cantini Museum - Musée Cantini Location: [Canebière] 19 Rue Grignan (about 6 blocks south of La Canebiére, near Rue Breteuil). The museum is housed in the 17th-century Hôtel de Montgrand, which sculptor Jules Cantine donated to the city along with his collection of art. A tremendous collection, of sculptures, paintings, collages and faïence, by just about everybody. Tel: (33) 491 54 77 75 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: 10 F; Temporary Exhibits, 15 F Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions Musée des Arts et Traditions Location: Chàteau-Gombert - 11 km northeast of the center; via Ave de St Just and Ave de Château-Gombert; last stop on Metro-1. [See also Loubière Caves.] The Chàteau-Gombert sits across a shady square from a 17th-century church. The chàteau houses a museum, with rooms displayed in period style, with examples of famous local faïence ceramics among the many every-day items. Tel: (33) 491 68 14 38 Open: 14h30-18h30; Closed: Tue Fine Arts Museum - Muséé des Beaux Arts Location: [Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp, up the steps on the left. Tel: (33) 491 62 21 17 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: 10 F; Sunday mornings free Grobet-Labadié Museum - Musée Grobet-Labadié Location: [Longchamp] Place H. Dunant, in front of the Palais Longchamp. The museum is housed in an 1873 town house. The collection includes 15C-19C European-school drawings, 16C-18C French and Flemish tapestries and furniture, 17C-19C paintings, and 18C faïence from Marseilles and Moustiers-Ste-Marie. Tel: (33) 491 62 21 82 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: 10 F; Sunday mornings free Historical Museum of Marseilles - Musée d'Histoire de Marseille Location: [Old Port] inside the "mall" of the Centre Bourse". Archaeological exhibits, models and documents trace the Provencal history of Marseilles from prehistoric to Gallo-Roman times. The main exhibit is centered around a genuine 26-meter Roman merchant vessel. This museum has a permanent exposition of the Cosquer Grotto. Tel: (33) 491 90 42 22 Open: 12h-19h; Closed: Sun, holidays Entry: 10 F Library, Video Library: Tue-Fri, 12h-19h Marseilles Maritime and Commercial Museum - Musée de la Marine et de l'Economie de Marseille Location: [Canebière] On the ground floor of the stock exchange (Bourse). Maritime history and the history of Marseilles, especially from the 17th century to the present. The model boats are outstanding. Tel: (33) 491 39 33 33 Open: 10h-12h, 14h-18h; Closed: Tue, holidays Entry: 10 F Motrocycle Museum - Musée de la Moto Location: Le Merlin, at the northen edge of the city. The museum follows the mechanical and motorcycle evolution from 1898 until the present. The building itself, an old flour mill (minoterie) is a fine example of 19th-century industrial archecture. Transportation: #34 bus from the Bourse, to the end of the line Tel: (33) 491 02 29 55 Open: 10h-18h; Closed: Mon, holidays Museum of Old Marseilles - Musée du Vieux Marseille Location: [Old Port] In the 16th-century Maison Diamantée, behind the old Hôtel de Ville. This museum has a relief model of Old Marseilles from 1848, sections of 18th-century Provençal furniture and objects, and a section of 19th-century paintings and costumes. There's also a very large collection of santons from 1830 to the early 1900s. Tel: (33) 491 55 10 19 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: 10 F; Sunday mornings free Natural History Museum - Musée d'Histoire Naturelle Location: [Longchamp] At the Palais Longchamp [sites], up the steps on the right. Tel: (33) 491 62 30 78 Open: 10h-17h; Closed: Mon and most holidays Entry: Old Charity Cultural Center - Centre de la Vieille Charité Location: [Quartier Panier] Set in the heart of the "Panier" district is a beautiful, baroque chapel in a large courtyard surrounded by a building with three-tiered arched balconies, all made of a rose or yellow tinted Couronne stone. Entrance is free to wander around in the courtyard, and visit the book store or stop at the café. Museums located in the "Charité" building include the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology. The Vieille Charité was built from 1671 to 1749 (and never actually finished) to house the poor and needy. Tel: (33) 491 56 28 38 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology, 10 F Entry: Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts, 10 F Entry: Temporary Exhibits, 20 F Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology - Musée d'Archéologie Méditerranéenne Location: inside the Old Charity Cultural Center Mostly Egyptian antiquities, but also a Celtic-Ligurian section with 3rd-century-BC artifacts discovered at Velaux, about 28 km northwest of Marseilles. Museum of African, South Seas and American Indian Arts Location: inside the Old Charity Cultural Center Roman Docks Museum - Musée des Docks Romains Location: [Old Port] This museum houses exhibits and artifacts from the Roman docks and warehouses that were discovered on this site in 1947. Objects date from Greek times to the middle ages, but center on the large earthenware jars (dolia) that filled the Roman warehouses and were used for storing oil, grain and wine. Tel: (33) 491 91 24 62 Open: June-Sept, 11h-18h; Oct-May, 10h-17h Closed: Mon, holidays Entry: 10 F; Sunday mornings free